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Carmit Levite (Leah Erdmann) and Curzon Dobell (Mark Erdmann) by Eugene Paul The bitterly ironic title of Iddo Netanyahu’s blunt weapon of a play leaves no room for waffling, which is the exact opposite of the behavior of his central characters, Mark Erdmann (sterling Curzon Dobell) and his stunning wife Leah (picture perfect Carmit…
Jerry O’Connell Blair Underwood photos by Joan Marcus A Soldier’s Play By Eugene Paul Playwright Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer Prize play, A Soldier’s Play is finally getting its Broadway due in this gripping Roundabout Theatre production and I hope it runs as long as it did when the Negro Ensemble Company produced it back in…
Jane Alexander, and James Cromwell Joan Marcus Grand Horizons by Eugene Paul Carole Rothman, artistic director of 2ndStage has done us an enormous favor by braving the winds of juke box musicals currently sweeping through town and bestowing upon the Great White Way a mostly comedy – New Yorkers love to laugh – family…
Paradise Lost By Eugene Paul For the actively –no pun intended – proselytizing Christian centered Fellowship for the Performing Arts, playwright Tom Dulack has rendered a staged version of the great John Milton’s massive ten volume epic poem, “Paradise Lost” which saw the light of day and brought it to the English speaking…
The Journey By Eugene Paul If you haven’t been to The Tank in a while you’ll notice several improvements in signage which could enable you to navigate the unchanged cramped premises – you’re definitely Off Off Broadway – maybe Off Off Off. Which, inevitably has an impact on the plays presented. Too…
Caroline Strang and Ian Holcomb London Assurance By Eugene Paul With a New York assurance bordering on sorcery, director Charlotte Moore romps through one of the most delectable and enchanting — and fiendishly difficult to perform – of theatrical endeavors, the drawing room farce and comes up a winner all round with Irish-American Dion…
Jim True-Frost, Cora Vander Broek, Ian Barford & Sally Murphy Linda Vista By Eugene Paul Playwright Tracy Letts and the Steppenwolf Company at their scathing best. Linda Vista, indeed. What’s so “Linda” about it? Okay, there’s more there than meets the eye. Sure, designer Todd Rosenthal runs a city silhouette…
Aaron Tveit and Karen Olivo (Matt Murphy) By Eugene Paul There are no admonishments telling you not to take photos inside the theater which would be useless anyway since the aisles before curtain time are filled with awestruck jostlers clicking away. And besides, director Alex Timbers is ready for just that, so shoot your fill….
Octet By Eugene Paul The most shattering, the most piercing theatrical event in New York at the present time has just opened, right in the teeth of the feverish voting season scene and it blows them all away. It is Octet, the blazing chorale of musical magician Dave Malloy, the book, the lyrics,…
photos Deen van Meer Frankie & Johnny In The Clair De Lune By Eugene Paul Full, glittering turnouts are greeting every performance of this extraordinary revival of dear old Terrence McNally’s beloved schmatte of a play. For cause. Previous incarnations have always treated it as a schmatte, and why not, it’s coarse,…